Columbia County has second highest voter turnout in state
Auditor urges voters to update address info.
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August 15, 2019
Columbia County Auditor Anne Higgins said that out of the 1627 ballots mailed, 868 had the potential to not be counted as they were either not returned or returned as undeliverable. Columbia County still had the second highest voter turnout in Washington State at 46.65% on election night, Higgins said.
Higgins said eighty-five of the ballots were returned with a forwarding address and she was able to mail them on. An additional 24 ballots were returned with no forwarding information.
“These 109 voter registrations will be inactive after the certification of the primary election on August 20th if we do not receive voter registration updates. I can’t stress how important it is for voters that have recently moved, even if within Columbia County, or had any other change that may affect their voter information, to update their registration cards with their local county auditors,” Higgins said.
Individuals can check their status at https://voter.votewa.gov or stop in at the auditor’s office.
Higgins said approximately 100 ballots have not yet been counted that were post marked on time and will be added to the final count. Elections will be certified Aug. 20.
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